As for March 7 — the latest period for which complete figures are available — a total of 2,135 Quebecers were waiting at least a half year for the hip and knee surgery as well as cataract removal. Those three types of surgery are supposed to be covered under a six-month guarantee.

A suggestion from the leaders of the province's most militant student association to consider a "strategic withdrawal" from the student mobilization now has sparked a huge rift in the student movement.

Lester B Pearson School Board teachers are upset about budget cuts and are about to begin contract negotiations. They gathered at Lindsay Place High School last week to protest the government's austerity measures. What's next?

The Quebec government should allow cities wider flexibility to consider quality-control measures in all tenders, and specifically in professional-services tenders, to allow for a truer value-for-money evaluation.